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Letters15 January 1991Caregiving in Alzheimer DementiaKingsley M. Stevens, MDKingsley M. Stevens, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-114-2-168_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editors:Alzheimer disease is the most devastating disease of the 1990s because it destroys not only the patient but at least one caretaker. The destruction is slow—almost without end. Even when institutional care is required, the caretaker does not escape. Walsh and colleagues (1) studied length of survival in patients with Alzheimer disease. Their stated objective was to increase the prevalence of Alzheimer disease through increasing survival time! This approach to treating Alzheimer disease is not unique to these authors; management of Alzheimer disease in the United States focuses on keeping these patients physically healthy. The tacit assumption...Reference1. WalshWelchLarson JHE. Survival of outpatients with Alzheimer-type dementia. Ann Intern Med. 1990;113:429-34. LinkGoogle Scholar1. WalshWelchLarson JHE. Survival of outpatients with Alzheimer-type dementia. Ann Intern Med. 1990;113:429-34. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 15 January 1991Volume 114, Issue 2Page: 168-168KeywordsAlzheimer diseaseDementia Issue Published: 15 January 1991 PDF downloadLoading ...
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